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Cameras Quote by James Agee

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“The camera seems to me, next to unassisted and weaponless consciousness, the central instrument of our time.”

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By some chance, here they are, all on this earth; and who shall ever tell the sorrow of being on this earth, lying, on…

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“Yes, for every child, rich or poor, there's a time of running through a dark place; and there's no word for a child's fear,…

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“Kate, the mother of thirteen, is forty-nine; delicately made; her skin creamlike where the weather has not got at it. She is smaller than…

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“The passion for vengeance is a terrifyingly strong one, very easily and probably inevitably wrought up by such evidence [of atrocities], even at our…

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It's kind of a test, Mary, and it's the only kind that amounts to anything. When something rotten like this happens, then you have…

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The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes.

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It is a peculiar part of the good photographer's adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in the stream, to hook…

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“God is not here, Hannah said to herself; and made a small cross upon her breastbone, against her blasphemy.”

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Well, now, some people learn a little quicker than others. It's nice to learn fast but it's nice to take your time too.

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The artist's task is not to alter the world as the eye sees it into a world of aesthetic reality, but to perceive the…

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Understanding, and action proceeding from understanding and guided by it, is one weapon against the world's bombardment, the one medicine, the one instrument by…

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This continent, an open palm spread frank before the sky.

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“To all the secret writers, late-night painters, would-be singers, lapsed and scared artists of every stripe, dig out your paintbrush, or your flute, or…

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Many times I've sat with a camera and another actor and seen all their fears and insecurities and struggles. You want to support them…

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My personal interest in ordinary people is unlimited, but I am fascinated by the challenge of portraying true greatness adequately with my camera.

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Since a camera is something too heavy for women and initially made for men, you need a good cameraman.

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